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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2008
Applicants:
Takahiro Kamei, Wako, JP;
Yoshimasa Eguchi, Wako, JP;
Inventors:
Takahiro Kamei, Wako, JP;
Yoshimasa Eguchi, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 1/00 (2006.01); G01N 3/08 (2006.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60T 7/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sensor assembly includes a elongate article and a plurality of elongate piezoelectric elements provided to the elongate article. Each of the piezoelectric elements is configured so that when a load is applied in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the piezoelectric element, a short axis direction of the piezoelectric element becomes a sensitivity direction in which a voltage is generated, and a major axis direction becomes a non-sensitivity direction in which a voltage is not generated.